Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Twin Cities Area
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston